GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Sadio lama
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Vasco da gama
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Nana sahib
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Manuel I of Portugal sanctioned the voyage to India and appointed da Gama as the expedition’s leader and as the captain of the Armada. The expedition comprised 4 ships and 170 men.
Detailed explanation-3: -1. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. 2. Portuguese Empire established the first European trading centre at Calicut.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Over the course of two voyages, beginning in 1497 and 1502, da Gama landed and traded in locales along the coast of southern Africa before reaching India on May 20, 1498.
Detailed explanation-5: -Who Came First is the debut album by Pete Townshend, released in 1972 on Track Records in the UK and Track/Decca in the US.